Born on 11th October, 1939 in a small village of Haryana, Professor L.N. Mittal is a Chartered Civil Engineer of The Institution of Engineers (India). He did his M. Tech in Civil Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh with distinction and PhD from Birla Institute of Science & Technology, Pilani. After 37 year of meritorious services for quality improvement of Technical Education, he superannuated as Professor & Head, Curriculum Development Centre in October 2001 from National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Chandigarh. After superannuation, he worked in various self-financing Institutions in the State of Haryana at Executive positions till 2015. He also worked as Professor Emeritus at Lingaya. University at Faridabad till 2016. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Life Member of many more professional bodies. He has been consultant to many Organizations like: UNESCO; AICTE; Educational Consultants India; PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Employers. Federation of India and many other organizations.

He has over 53 research papers to his credit which find place in National and International Journals. He has published three books and various types of instructional resources (print and non-print) for the benefit of teaching fraternity. He was co-author of UNESCO sponsored Pilot Project in Soil Engineering.

He is widely traveled in India and abroad. He underwent Fellowship Programme in Holland and U.K. to study Technical & Vocational Education in these countries. He attended two World Conferences on Co-operative Education, one in Scotland and other in Jamaica in 1985 and 1995 respectively. In each of above conferences, Dr. Mittal presented his research papers and had the honor of chairing a technical session in each of above conferences. He was consultant to Nepal and Srilanka for conducting feasibility studies on behalf of Educational Consultants India Ltd.

Professor Mittal has been conferred with many awards and recognition for his meritorious services in the field of Technical & Vocational Education.

Dedication

PROFESSOR T.K.VAIDYANATHAN

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY MENTOR AND GUIDE
PROFESSOR T.K.VAIDYANATHAN
FORMER PRINCIPAL, TTTI(NOW NITTTR),CHANDIGARH